One of the boys said: “I wanted to understand the suffering of Christ.” UCANews.com: Two boys who set their hearts on an exhausting trek on foot took part for the first time in the annual pilgrimage to Antipolo Shrine last … Continue reading
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Christians Mourn Passing of Guru Who Was Considered a god by Many Hindus
Sai Baba believed himself to be the reincarnation of another guru of the same name who died in 1918. To his credit he gave lots of money for hospitals and schools, but how did he amass such a fortune? From … Continue reading
Pro-Abortion Vandals Show Their Satanic Colors
LifeNews: Last week, during the Holy Week leading up to Easter, a group of pro-abortion activists vandalized and desecrated a Christian pro-life display students at Clarion University put up at their Pennsylvania campus. Read full report here.
Rabbi Gives Good Friday Prayer Service at Minneapolis Basilica
The Eponymous Flower: As a reform rabbi took over the prayer service from the pastor of the parish, Father John Bauer, a wooden cross was passed around over the heads of the crowd like at a rock concert. Doctor van … Continue reading
Of Course There Are More Important Issues But I’d Like to See Pit Bulls Outlawed
Just my opinion. SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – A woman has been mauled to death by a pack of four pit bulls in the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, authorities said on Monday. Margaret Salcedo, 48, was … Continue reading
China’s Underground Priests Not Being Chosen to Replace Dying Underground Bishops
There are onnly about twenty underground bishops still living. All are over seventy, most in their eighties. During the Easter Vigil service last Saturday the most recent to die was Mgr. Peter Li Hongye, 91, bishop of Luoyang. He had … Continue reading
13 of a Small Catholic School’s 29 non-Catholic Students Prepare to Enter Church
CNA reports: St. Mary Magdalen Regional School in Millville, N.J. will finish this academic year with more than a dozen additional Catholic students – but not because of a surge in enrollment. The increase is due to 13 of the … Continue reading
Astonishing Miraculous Cure If Approved Will Move Canonization for Blessed Kateri
The Vatican is investigating whether the healing of a boy in Washington in 2006 is a miracle attributable to the intercession of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. More on this here.
Bomb Attack After Mass Easter Sunday Outside Bagdad Church Wounds Seven
Catholic Culture Reports: A bomb exploded outside Sacred Heart Parish in Baghdad following Mass on Easter Sunday, wounding seven. “Our life in Iraq is full of fear,” said Father Hanna Saad Sirop, a Chaldean Catholic priest and 2006 kidnapping victim. … Continue reading
Saints Chrysanthus and Daria: Relics Authenticated
The UK’s Daily Mail reports on a National Geographic Society study of bones found in northern Italy. Two skeletons discovered in a crypt in an Italian cathedral are those of Christian saints who were martyred in ancient Rome, experts have … Continue reading
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham Grows to 1000 Converts, 60 Clergymen
CNS reports: The first personal ordinariate created for former Anglicans who decided to enter the Catholic Church will reach almost 1,000 by the end of the Easter Vigil. The count of people entering the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of … Continue reading
Ex Anglican Minister, Father of Nine, Enters Church Yesterday With Catholic Wife As Confirmation Sponsor
Catholic News Service: It’s a brave decision for the Ian Hellyer to give up his job when he has to provide for eight children and his wife is pregnant with the couple’s ninth child. But Hellyer is losing no sleep … Continue reading
Pope Speaks of Union in the Eucharist and Christ “Binding” Himself to the Church and Her Ministers
This is a clip from the Holy Fathers Holy Thursday sermon: “We too, all of us, need to learn again to accept God and Jesus Christ as he is, and not the way we want him to be,” the Pope … Continue reading
Calabria Mob Very Upset That Bishop Barred Them From Carrying Our Lady’s Statue in Easter Procession
La Stampa: Last year, in this small Italian village in the southern region of Calabria, someone fired a warning shot through the front door of the local priest of the Congregation of the Holy Rosary parish. Why was the clergyman … Continue reading
Bishop of Springfield IL Brings Back St. Michael Prayer After Mass
Servant and Steward: His Excellency the Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, has authorized the public recitation of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel – originally composed by the Holy Father Pope Leo XIII in 1886 – following the dismissal … Continue reading